Breakdown of Förlusten gjorde supportern ledsen.
göra
to make
ledsen
sad
supportern
the supporter
förlusten
the defeat
Questions & Answers about Förlusten gjorde supportern ledsen.
Why do förlusten and supportern both end in -en?
Because both nouns are in the definite singular form.
- en förlust = a loss
förlusten = the loss
- en supporter = a supporter / a fan
- supportern = the supporter / the fan
In Swedish, the definite article is often added as a suffix instead of being a separate word.
A small extra point: supporter becomes supportern, not supporteren, because many Swedish nouns that already end in -er just add -n in the definite singular.
Why isn’t there a separate word for the?
Because Swedish usually puts the at the end of the noun.
So instead of:
- English: the loss
- Swedish: förlusten
and instead of:
- English: the supporter
- Swedish: supportern
A separate word such as den is used when there is also an adjective:
- den stora förlusten = the big loss
- den ledsna supportern = the sad supporter
But in your sentence, there is no adjective directly attached to either noun, so the suffix form is enough.